Improvement in box-loops for harness



l W. G. HULL Box-Loop for Harness.

' No. 203373. P at'ented May 7,1878.

METERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASmNGTON D C .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HULL,OF SING SING, NEW YORK..

IMPROVEMENT IN BOX-LOOPS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,273, dated May 7,1878, application filed August 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. HULL, of

Sing Sing, in the State of New York, have in an vented an Improvement inBox-Loops for Harness, &c., of which the following is a specification: I

My improvement relates to a box-loop having a row or rows of holespunched in the top surface of the loop, so that easy access is given tothe tools and material that will be used in securing said loop in itsproper position in harness or other work where box-loops are needed orused, and at the same time ventilating the loop, so that the leather ofthe strap or tug is not liable to damage or injury from dampness thatwould be retained a long time in a box-loop with no holes or openingsleft for the passage of air and moisture.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the box-loop withholes, and Fig. 2 is a section transversely at the line :0 x.

The loop a is perforated with the row or rows of holes 6. his is done byproper dies or punches, and this may be done before or after thematerial for loop is put into the box shape.

When the box a is sewed or secured to the strap 01 the threads or wiresare passed back of stitches or fastenings c 0 may be made in a neat andexpeditious manner.

The edges of the holes may be lined or orna mented with a metalliclining similar to that used to line terrets and rings for harnesstrimmings. This lining is available for ornamentation, and it is usefulin strengthening and preventing the fraying 0r roughening of the leatherat the edges of the holes while the loop is being sewed or secured toits place.

I claim as my invention- The box-loop for harness provided with a row orrows of holes through the outer part thereof, in line, or nearly so,with the stitches or other attaching devices at the back of the box,substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

Signed by me this 19th day of July, A. D. 1877.

W. G. HULL.

Witnesses O. B. PALMER, SAMIUEL A. TITLAR.

d forth through the holes I), so that the line

